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The first attempt to create a national strategy for reducing waiting times in Poland: Will it succeed?

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  • Kowalska, Iwona
  • Sagan, Anna
  • Mokrzycka, Anna
  • Zabdyr-Jamróz, Michał

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The waiting lists package, proposed in March 2014, is the first attempt to create a national strategy to reduce waiting times for specialist care in Poland. The policy proposes a number of measures directed at primary, specialist ambulatory and hospital care with the goal of shifting patients to the lowest possible level of care. Initially, it has been welcomed by the patients and there has been, so far, no strong opposition against the reform from other stakeholders. However, this may be because there is some disbelief that the policy would actually be implemented (due to limited funding available for its implementation) and because some of the proposed changes are vague and have yet to be clarified. One stakeholder group that may obstruct the implementation of the reform, if they are not satisfied with the final shape of the proposed measures, is the primary care doctors. They are directly affected by the reform and enjoy a relatively strong bargaining position compared to other groups of medical professionals. Thus, the future of the reform remains uncertain.

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  • Kowalska, Iwona & Sagan, Anna & Mokrzycka, Anna & Zabdyr-Jamróz, Michał, 2015. "The first attempt to create a national strategy for reducing waiting times in Poland: Will it succeed?," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 119(3), pages 258-263.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:hepoli:v:119:y:2015:i:3:p:258-263
    DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2014.12.010
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    1. Hervé Boulhol & Agnieszka Sowa & Stanislawa Golinowska & Patrizio Sicari, 2012. "Improving the Health-Care System in Poland," OECD Economics Department Working Papers 957, OECD Publishing.
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